It's just amazing how you blindly believe your personal opinions are the uttermost truth.
IMHO you got so many things wrong in your rant, but, it's just MHO :) On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 9:06 PM, Hotmail <im...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I just watch 3 videos of SailfishOS in Slush 2012 on jolla.com and > although I think it’s way too much nonsense about openness blah, blah, blah > in the first video ----- Come on, only at the last minutes the UI is > demoed. Don’t get me wrong, I love openness and open source, I have open > source projects, but open is not the end goal here. Creating great UX is, > endearing developer is, bringing in partner is. Not openness. > > I do think the UI is quite good, esp. the swipe gesture and also the more > live tile (comparing to the one found in Windows Phone) which is what I was > dreaming of. The default home screen is ugly though, it reminds me too much > of the ugly default home screen of Android which frankly speaking, I think > its home screen is uninspiring, plain dead boring. Come on, you have the > dynamic live tile, think a bit deeper, just a bit. Overall, I was > optimistic. The competing Firefox OS UI is pathetic comparing to this. > > But last night after playing with the SDK released (which is half a year > later of the demo, what are you doing in the half year?), my optimism is > gone, probably forever. BTW, I played under Windows 8. > > First one, QT is great, but only supports C++ for native development is a > big no no no. Remember, you are a startup, not Apple, you just cannot be so > arrogant and like Apple, force Objective C down on people’s throat. I had > been a C++ dev for years, and I still loves it, C++ 11 is great. But boy, > it’s not for average developer and its productivity will never match that > of C#, heck, it’s even behind java, although with C++ 11, it’s quite close, > esp. with lambda. Nowadays, C++ just is not meant for app development. You > have to swallow and digest that. At least support C# which is open now. The > fragmentation of mobile development is already way too painful for > developers, don’t mess up it further more, please please please. If you > really care developer, do support C# via Mono. Java as well if you have the > resources. Xamarin is doing a great job endearing developers, why not give > them a call? Don’t give me that openness nonsense. Be idealistic, but don’t > be floating in the outer space and thought you guys are aliens so you can > be unlike – Anyone or just me thought that there are way too much unlike in > the Slush presentation? Both visually and orally. > > Secondly, relying on VirtualBox and also two virtual machines, one for the > building and one for the emulator is just beyond me. What is going on here? > If you are really really relying on VirtualBox – (IMO VB is not that > great), why not package it with SDK? Its 94 MB is not very big comparing to > the 600 MB sized SDK. Who made the dumb decision? He or she is not doing > their job well? > > Thirdly, the merSDK VM started, but the QT Creator cannot detect it, it > keeps asking me to start the damn merSDK VM. And even better, the phone > emulator give me a blank deep dark screen, like outer space. Come on, you > are smart people, you are serious people, do your test. Windows 8 is here > for a year, its share among developers is way bigger than among average > joe, and you don’t test on it? Just plain dead pathetic. If you guys tried > to make a April’s Fool joke, it’s way too late. Or you guys are trying to > play dead or trying to be pathetic, then you did it. > > I have high hopes for you guys, the N9 was great. Meego was quite good, > too. You guys are super smart and I assume you have high ego, but don’t let > this high ego thing and smartness blind you. Being a idealist myself and I > have to say, you can get started on something being a idealistic, but you > have to be realistic if you really want to succeed and reach your end goal. > If you don’t want success, then never mind. > > Regards, > Imgen > > _______________________________________________ > SailfishOS.org Devel mailing list >
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